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jurisdiction
action raises an issue of federal law (as by depending on construction or application of a federal law). general jurisdiction : jurisdiction that is not limited (as to a particular class of cases) ;specif : the personal … court over the parties before it that allows it to issue a binding judgment see also doing business statute, fair play and substantial justice, long-arm statute, minimum contacts compare subject matter jurisdiction in this entry NOTE: The
Year
the year in Scotland, in other nations, and by ' common usage throughout the whole kingdom.' See CALENDAR generally, when a statute speaks of a year it must be considered as twelve calendar and not lunar months,
National insurance
thereunder; see also Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Insurance,' and Comyns Carr or Watts on National Insurance; and for a general outline of National Health Insurance, see National Health Insurance Manual by Sir Kingsley Wood and T.S. Newman, and … particular question reference should be made to the Acts themselves and the regulations made thereunder; see also Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Insurance,' and Comyns Carr or Watts on National Insurance; and for a general outline of National Health
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Person
(65 of 1980), s. 2(d)] It includes the Government. [Patents Act, 1970 (31 of 1970), s. 2(1)(s)] The General Clauses Act, 1897 defines that 'person shall include any company or association or body of individuals whether incorporated … not a person for the purpose of suing the penalties as a common informer unless expressly empowered by statute to do so, Guardians of St. Leonards v. Franklin, 3 CPD 377. Apart from the provisions of the
Penal statute
Matched in: Term Penal statute
Poor laws
relating to the disregarding of sick pay, maternity benefit, and wounds or disability pensions in connection with relief. General or special orders of a voluminous and detailed character (see Glen's Poor Law Orders), made by one or … powers an duties which had been conferred on overseers of the poor and boards of guardians by various statutes, such as the Vaccination, Bastardy, and Lunacy Acts; and the law as regards this is not affected by
Preamble
on Statutes; Hardcastle on Statutes; Mew's Digest, tit. 'Statute'; the effect of the cases being that as a general rule the preamble is to be resorted to only in case of ambiguity in the statute itself. Preamble,
Interpretation of Statute
Matched in: Term Interpretation of Statute
Distress
material distinction between them. Distress may also be made at Common Law on cattle damage feasant, and by statute for rates and taxes, and for tithe annuities which have been substituted for tithe rent-charge (q.v.) [(English) Tithe … 134, 153 and 193, and RENT REDUCTION ACTS. In addition to the above provisions in favour of tenants generally, agricultural tenants enjoy three special privileges under the (English) Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (see that title). These are:
Estate
at the Common Law, afterwards called fees-tail in consequence of the Statute De Donis, which may be (i.) general or special, (ii.) male or female, (iii.) given in frank-marriage. (B) Freeholds not of inheritance, sub-divided into-- (a)
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